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To give you (and myself) a pause from the tension of waiting for the Yukon River to break, I'd like to direct you a recent post on Manuela's blog Every Day Life in the Northern Yukon Wilderness. Manuela chronicles the flow of Yukon life dozens of kilometres away from any town. Manuela's posts are always… Continue reading another yukon river view: caribou crossings
Today, again I walked along the Yukon from town to the Yukon-Klondike confluence and all the way to the bridge that goes over the Klondike. All clear (well, silty) running water at the bridge. And a moment of stillness at the confluence. 1 point goes to spring fever for keeping everything under control and managing… Continue reading spring fever 2: ice 2 – momentary truce
At last!! Yesterday part of the Klondike River began breaking, which means the Yukon River has a whole segment of activity now too, where the two rivers meet. I can't tell you how amazing it feels to see running water, water in movement, again. These few moments were shot on my camera around 6:00 tonight,… Continue reading spring fever 1: ice 1 – first signs of river thaw
A morning in Yukon spring. It's two weeks into spring, or more if we use a calendar date instead of an experiential one, but the ice remains thick on the dredge ponds. You could almost pretend the dock is floating in a summery place if you take a photo and email it to people as… Continue reading spring fever vs. ice: 0-1
Spring is taking its sloooww sweet time to warm everything up, but considering last year's sudden melt and how much damage that caused - flooding and thicker-than-average ice floes wiped out Eagle, Alaska, for example - I am trying hard not to complain. (See my post from last May about Eagle's rough ride). And, well,… Continue reading artist seeks coach: spring fever vs ice
Let me say right off that I'm not a devotee of ice. At the very least it fills me with anxiety, and at its worst, it consumes me with panic.
Every year, the George Black ferry chugs across the Yukon River between Dawson City and West Dawson as long as the river is liquid enough for movement. The season of diesel travel is bracketed by break-up (usually early May) and freeze-up (anywhere from late October to late November). While we wait for the river to… Continue reading george black ferry: mini ice-ecosystem
It wasn’t the flood waters that destroyed three dozen homes and buildings in Eagle, Alaska. It was the ice. One cubic foot of ice weighs an astounding 60 pounds, a formidable force once it starts moving. Even now huge pieces of grimy ice remain everywhere, creating a mud bog as they slowly continue to melt… Continue reading ice in news: Dawson work crews assist ice-crushed Eagle, AK
One thing I'll be exploring on this blog is the amazing range of ice types and ice phenomena that exist, both naturally and in manufactured forms. This week I've been fascinated by seeing candle ice for the first time, though I'm pretty sure I heard plenty of it tinkling past on the Red River the… Continue reading phenom: candle ice
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